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Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2015 Jan 21;115(4):1702–1724. doi: 10.1021/cr500495x

Table 5.

His pK values of liganded Hb A determined by NMR and calculated from the crystal structure using minimized WHATIF structures, and deviations (numbers in parentheses) of the calculated values from the experimental values.

Subunit ResID NMR 2DN3 1HHO(R) 1BBB(R2) 1MKO(RR2) 1YZI(R3)
α 20 7.08 7.15 [0.07] 7.18 [0.10] 7.05 [0.03] 7.18 [0.10] 7.03 [0.05]
α 45 6.12 5.99 [0.14] 5.86 [0.26] 6.14 [0.02] 6.24 [0.12] 6.46 [0.34]
α 50 6.90 7.05 [0.15] 7.04 [0.14] 7.40 [0.50] 7.28 [0.38] 7.26 [0.36]
α 58 3.88 3.55 5.00 4.40 5.04
α 72 7.27 6.76 [0.51] 6.58 [0.69] 6.68 [0.59] 6.82 [0.45] 6.72 [0.55]
α 87 3.71 3.16 3.69 3.09 3.01
α 89 6.25 5.91 [0.34] 5.92 [0.33] 7.12 [0.87] 5.80 [0.45] 5.67 [0.59]
α 103 3.17 2.79 3.99 2.41 3.94
α 112 7.53 7.20 [0.33] 5.80 [1.73] 6.24 [1.29] 6.66 [0.87] 6.22 [1.32]
α 122 0.79 1.04 0.77 0.19 1.34
β 2 6.39 5.78 [0.61] 5.84 [0.55] 5.93 [0.46] 5.99 [0.40] 6.77 [0.38]
β 63 5.89 5.70 6.43 5.69 5.62
β 77 7.79 7.50 [0.29] 7.33 [0.46] 7.14 [0.65] 7.39 [0.40] 6.25 [1.54]
β 92 4.58 4.30 3.53 4.21 5.25
β 97 7.75 6.85 [0.90] 7.01 [0.74] 6.77 [0.98] 6.77 [0.98] 7.62 [0.13]
β 116 6.13 6.12 [0.01] 6.33 [0.20] 6.73 [0.60] 6.81 [0.68] 7.16 [1.03]
β 117 6.39 6.35 [0.04] 6.05 [0.34] 5.87 [0.52] 6.21 [0.18] 6.80 [0.41]
β 143 5.57 5.08 [0.49] 4.75 [0.82] 5.43 [0.14] 4.89 [0.68] 2.29 [3.28]
β 146 6.42 6.45 [0.03] 2.24 [4.18] 1.30 [5.12] 5.31 [1.11] 4.58 [1.84]
Max error [0.90] [4.18] [5.12] [1.11] [3.28]
Ave. error [0.30] [0.81] [0.91] [0.52] [0.91

All structures are for HbCO A, except 1HHO, which is for oxy-Hb A. Reprinted with permission from ref. 110. Copyright 2013 American Chemical Society.